Tex. Gov't Code Section 854.309
Refund at Annuity Discontinuance


(a)

Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a disability retirement annuity is discontinued under Section 854.307 (Certification of End of Disability) or the right to an annuity revoked under Section 854.306 (Medical Examination of Disability Retiree)(b), the retiree is entitled to a lump-sum payment in an amount, if any, by which the amount in the retiree’s individual account at the time of disability retirement exceeds the amount of current service annuity payments made before the date the annuity was discontinued or the right to an annuity revoked.

(b)

The benefit provided by this section is not payable to a retiree who resumes employment with a participating subdivision or otherwise becomes gainfully employed.

(c)

The benefit provided by this section is payable from the benefit accumulation fund.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 227, ch. 18, Sec. 90, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Renumbered from Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 64.308 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 350), Sec. 17, eff. June 17, 2011.

Source: Section 854.309 — Refund at Annuity Discontinuance, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­854.­htm#854.­309 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

854.001
Types of Benefits
854.002
Composition of Retirement Annuity
854.003
Effective Date of Retirement
854.004
When Annuity Is Payable
854.005
Reduction of Annuity Payments on Request
854.006
Change of Beneficiary or Division of Benefit for Certain Persons Receiving Monthly Benefits
854.007
Limitation on Payment of Benefits
854.008
Partial Lump-sum Distribution on Retirement
854.101
Application for Service Retirement
854.102
Eligibility for Service Retirement Annuity
854.103
Standard Service Retirement Annuity
854.104
Optional Service Retirement Annuity
854.105
Selection of Optional Service Retirement Annuity
854.106
No Surviving Spouse, Executor, or Administrator
854.107
Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Straight Life or Guaranteed Term Annuity
854.108
Designation of Beneficiary After Retirement Under Joint and Survivor Annuity
854.201
Optional Service Retirement Eligibility
854.202
Additional Optional Service Retirement Eligibility
854.203
Optional Increase in Retirement Annuities
854.205
Five-year Vesting
854.301
Application for Disability Retirement Annuity
854.302
Eligibility for Disability Retirement Annuity
854.303
Certification of Disability
854.304
Standard Disability Retirement Annuity
854.305
Optional Disability Retirement Annuity
854.306
Medical Examination of Disability Retiree
854.307
Certification of End of Disability
854.308
Return of Disability Retiree to Active Service or Employment
854.309
Refund at Annuity Discontinuance
854.401
Eligibility for Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity
854.402
Certification and Finding of Disability
854.403
Supplemental Disability Retirement Annuity
854.404
Conditions for Benefits
854.405
Optional Occupational Disability Benefits Program
854.406
Application for Occupational Disability Benefits
854.407
Eligibility for Benefits and Determination of Disability
854.408
Standard Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity
854.409
Medical Examination of Retirees
854.410
Optional Occupational Disability Retirement Annuity
854.411
Rules for Optional Disability Retirement Annuities
854.501
Return of Contributions
854.502
Refund of Unrecovered Contributions
854.503
Trust as Beneficiary
854.504
Person Causing Death of Member or Annuitant
854.505
Simultaneous Death of Member and Beneficiary
854.601
Coverage in Supplemental Death Benefit Program
854.602
Extended Supplemental Death Benefit Coverage
854.603
Member Supplemental Death Benefit
854.604
Retiree Supplemental Death Benefit
854.605
Beneficiary of Supplemental Death Benefit

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 854.309’s source at texas​.gov